But Computerworld may have the best commentary we’ve read about the rumored acquisition. Lucas Mearian writes:

“If it purchased Sun, IBM would bolster its storage customer base and eliminate competition, but such a move would also create significant storage product overlap. Rather than boosting its existing product sales, IBM would likely gain more in the form of intellectual property and human resources talent.

While Sun and IBM both sell in the high-end storage market, IBM holds three times the market share of Sun.

Neither Sun nor IBM does well in the midrange storage market, and enterprise-class systems is an area some believe is tanking as a result of an uptick in more-modular, flexible storage platforms based on high-capacity, lower-performance disk drives and commodity hardware.”

To be continued beyond any shred of doubt.

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